Project Grant NNX15AV45G

This $275,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) supports the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in ongoing calibration and validation efforts to ensure the Landsat sensors and derived products are well-characterized. The award aims to continue the legacy of the Landsat program, which has provided over 50 years of calibrated spaceborne imagery that is freely available to a wide range of science...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) awarded a $135,709 Project Grant (CFDA 43.001 - Science) to Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), a research-oriented business located in Santa Rosa, California. The grant supports RSS in providing calibration and validation services for the Microwave Imager (MWI) instrument on the EUMETSAT MetOp-SG satellite. The award period is from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030. RSS specializes in processing and...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $643,806 Cooperative Agreement to South Dakota State University (SDSU) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this 5-year award is to expand ground truthing capabilities and maintain independent methods for evaluating the performance of Landsat surface reflectance products. Key activities include continuing vicarious calibration and reflectance truthing for Landsat, as well as developing robust atmospheric...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) provides $128,523.00 in funding to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, for the period of June 7, 2024 through June 6, 2027. The funding supports research and development efforts to improve the TSI-RECORD (Total Solar Irradiance - Radiometer Experiment) instrument on the TSIS-1 (Total and Spectral Solar...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Purdue University for the project "Geometric Calibration and Validation for Current and Future Landsat Imaging Sensors". This award is funded under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), which supports scientific research and collaborative projects to advance understanding of geological, water, mineral, and biological resources. The objective of this 5-year Cooperative Agreement is...

The federal Project Grant award, ID 80NSSC24K1554, was provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 43.001) to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The $181,823 award, dated August 16, 2024, supports a 2-year research project to "DERIVE SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS OF GLACIER-FED ANDEAN LAKES RESERVOIRS AND RIVERS: APPLICATIONS FOR HAZARDS AND...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $106,992 project grant to L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc. through the Science (CFDA 43.001) federal grant program. The grant funds services to reduce contamination of earth observation data collected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Radiometer (NISTAR) instrument onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft. Specifically, L-1 Standards and Technology will address the issue of...

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) awarded a $877,412 Project Grant to Urban Sky Theory Inc. on July 10, 2024 to develop a high-resolution real-time wildfire detection and communication relay system with persistent broad-area coverage. The 3-year grant program is funded under the 43.001 Science CFDA program and aims to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities for wildfire monitoring and response. As part of this project, Urban Sky Theory will be responsible for...

This $564,958 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports measurement, simulation, and mitigation of the impact of low-Earth orbit satellite constellations on wide-field optical surveys conducted by ground-based observatories. The University of California, Davis will pursue multiple mitigation strategies including developing novel algorithms for processing charge-coupled device images, strategies for avoiding the brightest...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) provides $200,000 in funding to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to support Phase A studies for the PO instrument. The key products and services to be delivered include: Refinement of the instrument mechanical design, power, and FPGA boards, as well as participation in the Interface Control Document (ICD) development. To...